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The original cylinders are KS Alusils.
They were re-ringed and they scored. They last for some people, but in this case they did not.
I purchased an entire set of Mahle P/Cs which are brand new. These are Euro P/Cs with the same compression - 8:5:1.
Since the engine has sat (in a climate controlled space) for more than 25 years, with only 11K on the rebuild, I thought it would be smart to have the heads checked/cleaned/whatnot. I have to remove the heads anyway to replace the cylinders and pistons. I do not want to do this again anytime soon, and with the price of P/C sets which are through the roof, I would like to protect this investment.
The engine looks like a solid build, but then again, it's been 1/4 century, and like I said, the KS cylinders are done and for the price I paid for this brand-new set of Mahles, I could not have done my KS cylinders for the same price. The Mahle set on here are $5052 for the set of six now. I paid less, but still it is a serious amount.
"Cheesed out" is vernacular for someone or something that could not take it anymore and did not follow through, or in some cases in the UK or in Great Britain it could mean disappointed, or otherwise disgusted. It can also mean that they did not do a proper job and disguised or concealed a half-ass job by cheesing out and covering the engine with the other essentials, and by doing so skimped on what was important.
I hope this makes sense to you.
In the case of my very fine 2.7L engine, the people did not follow through with proper procedure, tried to cover up and/or otherwise conceal their inept re-ringing, and here we are today.
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